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Gladiators

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Introduction

• Gladiators were criminals or slaves captured in war.

• Gladiators were made to fight to the death to earn their freedom.

• Gladiators were named after the gladius. The gladius was a short sword used for stabbing, Roman soldiers also used it.

• Not all gladiators used the gladius, they used different weapons instead.

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Types of gladiators

There were lots of different types of gladiators. They had different

armour and weaponry.

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Murmillo

• Murmillo gladiators used the gladius and a large shield.

• Murmillo gladiators sometimes fought as part of a team.

• They usually fought other gladiators with heavy weapons

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Thracians

• Thracian gladiators used weapons used by soldiers from the Kingdom of Thrace.

• They used shields that were small and square.

• Their swords had a curved blade.

• A Thracian’s helmet had a Griffin on it.

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Provocator

• Provocator gladiators wore a breastplate, leg armour and a helmet to protect themselves.

• Their armour was the heaviest of all the gladiators.

• They fought with a gladius and shield.

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Retiarius

• Retiarius gladiators fought with a trident and fishing net.

• They wore hardly any armour at all.

• They were quick and skilful to fight the more heavily armoured gladiators.

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The Colosseum

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• Gladiators fought in many different amphitheatres across the empire.

• The Colosseum was the biggest amphitheatre in the entire empire and probably the biggest building in the world.

• It was in the centre of Rome.• It was finished in 80 AD.• 50,000 spectators could sit and watch the

gladiator fights.

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Under the Colosseum• There were lots of different tunnels and

rooms.• The rooms were used to keep gladiators and

animals in, before fighting in the arena.


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